Egyptian figures in patinated bronze stand on a base of cararamarble with bronze gilt casting.

On their heads they wear a two-armed candle holder in gilt bronze with a pine cone and leaf patterns as decoration.

Napoleon's expedition to Egypt (1798-1801) caused a new interest in Ancient Egypt, culminating in an Egyptomania.

These candlesticks are the result of this fashion that also found its way into the interior.

Sweden, Empire period (Gustave IV), ca 1805. H 45 cm.